System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 52

Chapter 52

◎The Cauldron.◎

Although her mind-reading ability was temporarily malfunctioning, Yun Wenzhou understood that Mo Jiu wanted her to take her far away from the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect.

Perhaps she didn’t want to stay with so many corpses, or perhaps it was to accommodate her identity as a demonic cultivator.

But since Mo Jiu had spoken, Yun Wenzhou naturally complied.

The two arrived at a mountainside far from the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect.

Yun Wenzhou smashed out a cave with dense ice shards, then set Mo Jiu down.

Mo Jiu walked into the cave, took out eighty-one formation flags from her space, and immediately set up a Spirit Gathering Array, a Defense Array, and a Concealment Array.

Yun Wenzhou bit her fingertip, sprinkled her blood onto the formation flags, upgrading the Defense Array to a Blood Array. Then, beside the Spirit Gathering Array, she carved out a small Devil Gathering Array, just large enough for one person to sit in meditation.

Mo Jiu chuckled as she looked at it: “You don’t have to be so constrained. Is my sleeping posture that bad?”

“No, I just… I don’t need too much space to move around, as long as I can protect you well,” Yun Wenzhou replied, lowering her head.

The demonic cultivation spot she carved out was near the cave entrance. This way, anyone who wanted to invade the cave would have to pass her first.

Mo Jiu paid no mind, changing the subject: “This outfit is nice. Did you take it from the True Yang Sect?”

“No. Anything related to them is filthy. I don’t want to touch it. I exchanged spirit stones for this when I passed a clothes shop on the way back.”

“A mortal-owned shop? Accepting spirit stones?”

“She wouldn’t dare not to.”

“True.” Mo Jiu laughed, almost imagining the shop owner’s panic when they saw Yun Wenzhou approaching.

Yun Wenzhou stared at the smile on her face for a while. She couldn’t find any flaw, but she was still uneasy.

Ever since she annihilated the entire True Yang Sect and returned to Mo Jiu, she hadn’t been able to hear Mo Jiu’s inner voice. Not only that, but the feeling Mo Jiu gave her had undergone a subtle change.

She constantly felt an uncomfortableness, like a stone pressing down on her heart. Even though Mo Jiu’s smile was flawless, it felt heavy to her.

Was she still bothered by her fall into the Demonic Path?

“A-Jiu, punishment…” Yun Wenzhou tentatively opened her mouth, hoping to use punishment to ease both of their minds.

However, Mo Jiu sat down cross-legged in the center of the Spirit Gathering Array: “No rush. We’ll talk about it tonight.”

Mo Jiu still had a heap of things she wanted to confirm with the System.

She had been filtering questions all along the way.

Now, she had the results of her filtering.

Mo Jiu: Since the missions are not the goal, but just a whip to make me move forward, how are the reward points counted?

System: The Host can discuss and customize any item you need with me. They’re free! …Except for the Heart’s Desire Stone.

Mo Jiu: So, the Heart’s Desire Stone was truly just a carrot dangling in front of the donkey, never intended for me to reach it from the beginning?

That figures. Even if I could accumulate 20,000 reward points in every world, it would still take five worlds to reach 100,000. And according to the information the System revealed, there are only five worlds in total…

System: I’m sorry, Host. You said it yourself before you lost your memory: to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people.

Mo Jiu: …

Although she had no memory of it, those were truly her words.

System: But the Host also said that if you really can’t keep up the deception, you can be told part of the truth. As for why we didn’t disclose it from the beginning…

Mo Jiu: Because I didn’t know Ye Lan at first, didn’t understand her, and had no reason to save her. Especially when the price of saving her was hurting Xiao Zhou, I couldn’t possibly accept it.

System: That’s correct.

Mo Jiu: Was my relationship with Ye Lan very good before I lost my memory?

System: You were best friends.

Mo Jiu: What about my relationship with Xiao Zhou?

System: Soulmate/Beloved.

Mo Jiu let out a breath of relief, curving her lips: So, only I can ‘hurt’ her.

System: Yes. The ‘you’ of every world is destined to wake up in the closest proximity to her.

Mo Jiu: What about Moon Star River? What role does she play in these stories?

System: She chose the role she wanted most.

Mo Jiu: She loves Ye Lan.

System: Mm.

Mo Jiu: Let me guess. The so-called ‘Library’ is composed of three parties. All world scripts were jointly agreed upon by the three parties?

System: Mm… you can think of it that way.

Mo Jiu: Now for the problem. One party wants Ye Lan dead. Our side’s goal is to ensure everyone survives to the end of the script. What is the third party’s goal?

System: Hmm… Can I say that? I should be able to, right? The Host didn’t say I couldn’t, and the Host has already answered those three questions, so, I should…

Mo Jiu: Of course, you must make it clear at a time like this! Knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in every battle. Only by knowing what the hostile forces want can we act more effectively!

System: Alright, then I’ll say it, okay? As before, this information cannot be revealed to anyone verbally.

Mo Jiu: I know. Hurry up.

System: The third party wants Ye Lan to live, but only wants Ye Lan to live.

Mo Jiu: Mm, not very surprising.

Since they were divided into three parties, and her side’s goal was so “happy-for-all,” it meant the goals of the other two parties were extreme.

One party only wanted Ye Lan dead; the other party only wanted Ye Lan alive.

No wonder Ye Lan was the protagonist, and the “Heavenly Dao” that should favor the protagonist wanted to kill her.

However, since she was the hidden player on one side, and she was in an amnesiac state at the beginning of the world, what was the state of the other two parties now?

Mo Jiu asked the System this question as well, and this time, the System didn’t hesitate, replying with three simple words.

System: I don’t know.

After a while, it continued: We deceived you. Every time we reset, every time we said we were going to consult the ‘Library,’ we were actually just consulting each other and reviewing the contingency manual left by the Host. The so-called ‘Library’ never existed from the start; it was just an excuse to guide the Host toward achieving the goal. Therefore, we don’t know what specific actions the other two parties will take. We can only observe them constantly and adapt as necessary.

Mo Jiu: I see. It’s fine. I feel like the state of the other two parties shouldn’t be better than mine. Otherwise, it makes no sense for the world’s creator to only be able to possess the tribulation cloud to strike lightning.

System: Uh, speaking of which, you created the world?

Mo Jiu: …?

System: Although having Ye Lan as the protagonist and Yun Wenzhou as the villain was not what you desired, you created the world.

Mo Jiu was extremely surprised, so much so that she thought the System was tricking her.

But… logically, it did make sense.

It was precisely because she created the world that the System, which was on her side, could forcefully reset the world whenever an important character died.

Otherwise, regardless of Ye Lan’s survival, if Yun Wenzhou died, everything would be over.

Mo Jiu believed that the pre-amnesia version of herself, no matter how much she wanted Ye Lan to live, would never sacrifice her beloved.

One world, one personality shaping, huh?

Yun Wenzhou was not the Yun Wenzhou, but five Yun Wenzhous would eventually become one Yun Wenzhou, who, as her beloved, would achieve true rebirth.

Heh.

Suddenly, I feel like the version of me before today was a joke.

I don’t know what I was agonizing over.

There’s no such thing as a first love. She has been my first love, my beloved, all along.

Yun Wenzhou was sitting in meditation uneasily when she suddenly heard Mo Jiu’s inner voice. Her heartbeat uncontrollably accelerated. She couldn’t tell if it was excitement or… nervousness.

Is the “she” A-Jiu is talking about me?

If it is…

What if it isn’t?

Does A-Jiu have another beloved?

No, I won’t accept it! A-Jiu is mine alone! A-Jiu, you promised you wouldn’t leave me! You won’t leave me, right?

Although she became more anxious and emotionally out of control the more she thought about it, Yun Wenzhou remained quietly seated.

She didn’t want to expose her secret of mind-reading.

She wanted to wait for Mo Jiu to explain everything voluntarily.

Moreover, she was the one who seduced A-Jiu, the one who pursued A-Jiu, so even if A-Jiu…

No, no, no, no, no!

Just imagining the scene of Mo Jiu leaving her made Yun Wenzhou want to destroy everything and kill everyone except Mo Jiu!

Her eyes turned red, but she remained steady in her spot.

For a demonic cultivator, this self-control was definitely commendable.

But all patience has its limits.

Just as Yun Wenzhou stood up, wanting to go out and destroy something…

Mo Jiu called out to her: “Xiao Zhou.”

Yun Wenzhou stopped immediately and turned to face Mo Jiu, kneeling: “What are A-Jiu’s commands?”

Mo Jiu looked at her submissive appearance and couldn’t help but laugh: “Why are you acting like my subordinate?”

She smiled, a very gentle smile.

But her next sentence was: “Could you please take off all your clothes and kneel over there?”

Mo Jiu pointed to the inner part of the cave: “After all, my possessiveness is strong. Although I set up a Concealment Array, there are always ‘what ifs.’ I don’t want the body of my beloved to be casually peeped at by passing birds or beasts.”

“Beloved.” Yun Wenzhou carefully savored the four words. “Me?”

“Who else but you?” The astonishment that flashed in Mo Jiu’s eyes didn’t look faked.

She was indeed astonished, but quickly found a reason herself: Oh, she still thinks she’s a substitute for someone else…

Although, in a way, she is, but…

Tsk, I truly am a woman burdened by sin.

Mo Jiu was highly possessive of her partner, and at the same time, very doting.

She wouldn’t indulge Yun Wenzhou; she would even restrain and bully her, but… she would never allow a sad expression to appear on her face.

Mo Jiu shifted her sitting posture closer to Yun Wenzhou, reached out and lifted her chin, her movement very gentle: “Look closely. You are still very different from her. You don’t look alike, sound alike, or have the same personality. You’re not alike in any way, yet I still love you, love you very much. So, this love has never been fake from the start.”

“You are my beloved. I have only one beloved, and that is you, Yun Wenzhou. There is no one else besides you.”

Wow, the way I said that, who wouldn’t be completely smitten? I really have the potential to be a heartbreaker, but I’m speaking the truth.

When Yun Wenzhou first heard Mo Jiu’s words, she was indeed utterly smitten, wishing she could tear her heart out to show Mo Jiu.

Then, hearing Mo Jiu’s inner voice, she couldn’t help but laugh.

A-Jiu’s words and actions were sometimes hard to fathom, but her heart was always so gentle, and a little cute.

She truly… still loved A-Jiu the most!

“Mm, I know. That’s why I let A-Jiu down. I know A-Jiu was injured because she was worried about me. It’s all my fault for calling out that time…” Yun Wenzhou lowered her head again as she spoke.

But as soon as she lowered her head, Mo Jiu raised her chin again, forcing her to look up and meet her gaze.

Mo Jiu looked directly into her eyes without flinching.

She saw Yun Wenzhou’s pupils tremble slightly, involuntarily shifting to the side, and a blush quickly spread across her face.

So close, so close, so close, so close, so close…

Yun Wenzhou couldn’t handle being looked at like this by Mo Jiu. If this continued, she would…

“Yes, I was the one who was injured,” Mo Jiu said. “Therefore, how I punish you is up to me. If you hurt yourself without my permission, I will be very disappointed in you.”

Disappointment.

Mo Jiu knew exactly what Yun Wenzhou’s weakness was.

Sure enough, upon hearing those two words, Yun Wenzhou not only pursed her lips but her body also tensed up.

“What did I ask you to do?” Mo Jiu smiled, narrowing her eyes slightly.

A very gentle tone, yet it sent a chill down Yun Wenzhou’s spine.

“I will… I will…” Yun Wenzhou couldn’t speak, so she had to show with actions that she remembered—she untied her belt, and her outer robe fell open.

She had changed into this outfit hastily, only wearing an undershirt inside and no trousers. Her chest hadn’t been exposed yet, but a pair of long legs were revealed first.

She lowered her head, blushing, and slipped off her outer robe, then her undershirt.

Mo Jiu watched her with an expression of intense curiosity, seemingly wondering to what extent she would go for her, and also appearing to analyze every reaction she showed.

In fact, Mo Jiu knew Yun Wenzhou would comply, because Yun Wenzhou was always like this. As long as she could keep her beloved by her side, she could even abandon her own dignity.

So, Mo Jiu wasn’t curious about her reason for complying, but rather.

She was so bold when she seduced me, yet she still blushes when I tease her.

Hearing this inner voice, Yun Wenzhou’s face grew even redder.

She couldn’t respond verbally, only internally—The change from hunter to prey, from being prepared to being completely defenseless, the mindset is totally different!

What is she planning to do to me by suddenly asking me to strip?

And I’m still kneeling, not lying down…

After stripping off all her clothes, Yun Wenzhou obediently walked to the spot Mo Jiu told her to kneel and knelt there.

Mo Jiu looked at her and had to admit that the sight was quite impactful to her.

Without the covering of her robes, Yun Wenzhou’s waist seemed even slimmer. The curves of her body felt meticulously designed. Every curve made Mo Jiu want to scream internally.

It’s simply impossible for anyone not to like her!

Oh dear, using punishment to satisfy my own selfish desires. I truly am a bad woman.

Mo Jiu got up and walked toward Yun Wenzhou. With every step, her desire multiplied exponentially. She wanted to do this and that and then this and that to Yun Wenzhou…

But even so, she didn’t forget her true purpose.

Since Yun Wenzhou brought up the concept of “Dual Cultivation,” Mo Jiu had asked the System about the settings of “Dual Cultivation” and “Cauldron” in this world.

Dual Cultivation, literally, means two people cultivating together, communicating meridians through palms, forming a spiritual energy circuit, allowing spiritual energy to circulate in both bodies, achieving the effect of doubling the speed of absorbing external spiritual energy.

Those who claim that having sex increases cultivation are purely liars and true scoundrels.

Cauldron, literally, means using a person as a cauldron to refine something. This something can be cultivation, lifespan, or other things, such as Sha (evil) energy.

Dual Cultivation and Cauldron can coexist.

Some malicious cultivators actively seek out talented cultivators whose cultivation is inferior to their own, control them in some way, first Dual Cultivate with them to improve cultivation together, and then use them as a Cauldron to refine the cultivation energy within them into a pill for themselves to swallow, ultimately leaving behind a drained husk.

Whether one ends up as a Cauldron is unrelated to gender, but if they happen to cater to the Master’s sexual orientation, they are not immune to being violated.

Yun Wenzhou, to stay by Mo Jiu’s side, even said she wouldn’t mind being her Cauldron.

But how could Mo Jiu bear to treat her truly like a Cauldron?

Mo Jiu didn’t want her cultivation or her lifespan. She only wanted the Sha energy on her body.

Sha energy is accumulated through killing. If used well, Sha energy can significantly boost combat power.

However, excessive use of Sha energy will corrode the body and affect the mind.

Yun Wenzhou was already highly obsessive and prone to emotional outbursts. The Sha energy on her was like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

Therefore…

Mo Jiu knelt in front of her, just as she was, and then took out a medicine bottle from her space. She inserted two fingers, bringing out some blue, viscous liquid.

“The process of condensing Sha into a pill will be somewhat painful for you, but I will help you harmonize it. So, don’t be afraid.”

“Harmonize?”

Mo Jiu’s fingers moved downward, and Yun Wenzhou’s gaze followed.

Realizing what she was about to do, Yun Wenzhou relaxed and opened her body, smiling: “If it doesn’t hurt… I’ll be very disappointed.”

She also used the “disappointment” ultimate move, but the word, which was usually lethal against Yun Wenzhou, didn’t affect Mo Jiu in the slightest.

Mo Jiu reached out, gently embraced Yun Wenzhou’s waist, and let her lie in her arms. Then, she almost bit her ear as she whispered: “If it hurts, then my skill isn’t good enough. Instead of questioning my skill, why don’t you question my self-control? Maybe halfway through the harmonization, I’ll abandon you and only care about myself, hmm?”

“I said it, and I won’t say it a third time—Xiao Zhou submits to A-Jiu’s disposal.”

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